DEAN OF ST. PATRICK 
 
 
December 2, 1851. Louis Napoleon was 
made   emperor December 2, 1852; he 
opened, at Saarbriiek, the Franco-German 
war August 2, 1870; and surrendered his 
sword to William of Prussia, September 
2, 1870. 
 
  Dazzle, in Londc i Assurance, by D. 
Boucicault. 
  "Dazzle" and "Lady Gay Spanker" "act 
themselves," and will never be dropped out of 
the list of acting plays.-Percy Fitzgerald. 
  De Bourgo (William), brother of the 
earl of Ulster and commander of the En- 
glish forces that defeated Felim O'Connor 
(1315) at Athunree, in Connaught. 
Why tho' fallen her brother kerne [Irish infan- 
    try] 
Beneath De Bourgo's battle stern. 
               Campbell, O'Connor's Child. 
  De   Courcy, in    a  romance   called 
  Women, by the Rev. C. R. Maturin. An 
Irishman, made up of contradictions and 
improbabilities. He is in love with Zaira, 
a brilliant Italian, and also with her un- 
known daughter, called Eva Wentworth, 
a model of purity.    Both woman    are 
blighted by his inconstancy. Eva dies, 
but Zaria lives to see De Courcy perish of 
remorse (1822). 
 
  De Gard, a noble staid gentleman, 
newly lighted from his travels; brother 
of Oria'na, who " chases" Mi'rabel "the 
wild goose," and catches him.-Beaumont 
and Fletcher, The Wild-goose Chase (1652). 
 
  De l'Epo~e (Abbe). Seeing a deaf and 
dumb lad abandoned in the streets of 
Paris, he rescues him, and brings him up 
under the name of Theodore. The found- 
ling turned out to be Julio, count of Har- 
ancour. 
  "In your opinion, who is the greatest genius 
that France has ever produced?" "Science 
 
 
would decide for D'Alembert, Nature [would] 
say Buffon; Wit and Taste [vould] present 
Voltaire; and Sentiment plead for Rousseau; 
but Genius and Humanity cry out for De l'Epee, 
and him I call the best and greatest of human 
creatures."-Th. Holcroft, The Deaf and Dutmb, 
iii. 2. (1785). 
 
   De Valmont (Count), father of Florian 
 and  uncle of Geraldine.    During his 
 absence in the wars, he left his kinsman, 
 the Baron Longueville, guardian of his 
 castle; but under the hope of coming into 
 the property, the baron set fire to the 
 castle, intending thereby to kill the wife 
 and her infant boy. When DeValmont 
 returned and knew his losses, he became 
 a wayward recluse, querulous, despondent, 
 frantic at times, and at times most melan- 
 choly. He adopted an infant "found in a 
 forest," who turned out to be his son. His 
 wife was ultimately found, and the vil- 
 lainy of Lougueville was brought to 
 light.-W. Dimond, The Foundling of the 
 Forest. 
 Many "De Valmonts" I have witnessed in 
 fifty-four years, but have never seen the equal 
 of Joseph George  Holman   [1764-1817].- 
 Donaldson. 
 
 Deaf and Dumb (The), a comedy by 
 Thomas Holcroft. "The deaf and dumb" 
 boy is Julio, count of Harancour, a ward 
 of M. Darlemont, who, in order to get 
 possession of his ward's property, aban- 
 dons him when very young in the streets 
 of Paris. Here he is rescued by the Abb6 
 De l'Epbe, who brings him up under the 
 name of Theodore. The boy being recog- 
 nized by his old nurse and others, Darle- 
mont confesses his crime, and Julio is re- 
stored to his rank and inheritance.-Th. 
Holcroft, The Deaf and Dumb (1785). 
 
  Dean of St. Patrick (The), Jonathan 
Swift, who was appointed to the deaneryin 
 
 
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